Cardiovascular Flashcards
Develops slowly from gradual loss of cardiac pumping efficiency associated with 2 things
CHF
associated with
Pressure or volume overload
Myocardial damage
Dyspnea
Intraalveolar hemorrhage
Fluid Retention
LHF
What are some common causes of LHF?
Loss of myocardial contractility (myocarditis, myocardial necrosis/ischemia, cardiomyopathy, hypertension)
dysfunction of mitral or aortic valves
congenital heart disease
When will you see a nutmeg liver, congestive splenomegaly, and possible jugular venuos distension
ascites, hydrothorax or a ventral sq edema(horses)
RHF
Common causes for RHF?
Pulmonary hypertension
cor pulmonale
left to right shunt
cardiomyopathy
Tricuspid and pulmonary valve dz
A lack of ATP to maintain relaxation of myofibrils is called?
Rigor Mortis
Which part of the heart becomes rigid with Rigor Mortis
Ventricular walls
How can you tell if the heart has gone through Rigor Mortis or had a myocardial dz?
LV empties before rigor so no blood clots
if you have a blood clot before rigor mortis-myocardial dz
How do we classify congenital anomalies of the heart
Failure of closure of shunts
failur of normal valvular development
malpositioning of great vessels
What are the anomalies from failure of closure of fetal shunts?
Patent ductus arteriosus
atrial septal defect
ventricular septal defect
tetralogy of fallot
Which location do you find a VSD usually?
Subaortic
The failure to close the foramen ovale is what kind of defect?
Atrial septal defect
What are the 4 lesions of tetralogy of fallot?
Ventricular septal defect
Pulmonic stenosis
Dextroposed aorta
2ndary RV hypertrophy
What are the anomalies from failure of normal valvular development?
Pulmonic stenosis-dogs
subaortic stenosis- pigs, dogs
valvular hematomas-young ruminants
etc…..
Where along the pulmonary artery can you see stenosis
Supravalvular
valvular
subvalvular
What is a consequence of PS
2NDARY compensatory RV hypertrophy
What consequence does an aortic stenosis have?
2nday compensatory LV hypertrophy
Who is valvular hematomas common in? What does it cause?
Young Ruminants
It undergoes spontaneous regression and have no fx signifcance
What are some anomalies from malpositioning of great vessels?
PRAA
Transposition of the aorta and pulmonary artery
What causes a PRAA
The ligamentum arteriosum forms a vascular ring over the esophagus and can produce obstruction
What are some consequences of congential anomalies–3
Death
Gradual cardiac decompensation–> congestive failure
No clinical dz
What are some causes for a hemopericardium?
Iatrogenic puncture FB Ruptured Vessel or chamber, infarction aneurysm, spontaneous atrial rupture Parasites Neoplasm rupture
What is a primary lesion that a hemopericardium can cause?
Compression of the heart-cardiac tamponade
What is the consequence of a hemopericardium
Cardiac failure from compression of atria and inability to fill the chambers
What are your two growth disturbances of the heart?
Atrophy-dilation
Hypertrophy
What are your 4 reactions to injury in the heart?
Growth disturbances
Sublethal injury
Lethal injury
Neoplasias
What are the 4 sublethal injurys we worry about?
Myocytolysis
Vacuolar degeneration
Serous Atrophy
Mineralization
What are some causes of myocardial necrosis?
Leukocyte invasion
Phagocytosis
Persistence of sarcolemmal tubes of basal lamina
severe damage
Lesion: gray wet gelatinous tissue
Serous atrophy of fat
Why can you get serous atrophy of fat?
P being anorexic, starved, cachexic
they will mobilize fat depots